Roll up, roll up: ItsCannesprognostication time.
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(Clockwise from top left): Anya Taylor-Joy in ‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’; Gary Oldman in the the Paolo Sorrentino movie; director David Cronenberg; and Noémie Merlant in ‘Emmanuelle’Warner Bros; Fremantle; Everett; Goodfellas
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Inevitably, 2023 is going to be a very hard act to follow.
There had been anticipation that Steve McQueens Apple dramaBlitzcould be a Croisette debut but we hear that is unlikely.
Meanwhile, buzzy movies includingJoker: Folie A Deux,Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,Gladiator 2andWolfsare all dated for fall.

TheJokersequel is widely anticipated for Venice.Nosferatuis dated for Christmas.
Francis Ford Coppolas starry epicMegalopolisis a key piece of this years festival puzzle.
Another of the big-canvas wildcards is Kevin Costners epic westernHorizon:An American Saga Chapter 1.
That would be fun.
The Angelina Jolie-directedWithout Bloodremains a question mark, as does Sean BakersAnoraand Joshua OppenheimersThe End.
The door isnt shut on this one.
Rest assured, whatevers on the menu, Cannes is always a feast.
Mike Fleming Jr, Anthony DAlessandroand Nancy Tartaglione contributed to this report.